seMissourian.com: Local News: Heat, lack of rain and insects contribute to lower yields for Southeast Missouri farmers (09/15/10)

seMissourian.com: Local News: Heat, lack of rain and insects contribute to lower yields for Southeast Missouri farmers (09/15/10): "Southeast Missouri farmers are working especially hard this year to combat an unusually hot and dry summer.
Dale Glenn, a farmer in Charleston, Mo., said this summer's extreme heat and scattered rains have made for a difficult harvest.

'The weather reduced the corn crop, no doubt about it,' Glenn said.

This year Cape Girardeau has had 71 days with temperatures above 90 degrees. The average high temperatures during June, July and August were all higher than the average high temperatures during the respective months for the past 10 years."